Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-05

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tinct portions of . claim, application for
patent may be made by either for tn ct portion
OF the claim owned by him: but where several
parties own undivided interests in a mining
patent.
A person or association may purchase a.
many placer locations As the local Law admits.
and embrsce them all In one application for
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced in
one application for o patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more loaes within
their boundaries
Papers sworn to before any person purport-
ing to act Is q deputy for the Register and Re-
ceiver cannot be recorded as evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situated
within the interior boundaries of . town site
q clause ts in erted excepting and excluding
all town property, rights upon the surface.
and all houses, buildings. structures. lots,
blocks, streets. alleys or other municipal I'm
p~rovements not belonging to the grantee hexe-
in, and all rights necessary or proper to the
occupation, possession and enjoyment Of the
ssme."
publication OF notice must be made a only
one newspaper for the period of 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks In weekly newspapers, and in daily
newspapers 90 days must elspse between the
frat and last insertions.
Where the Register EST Ign Ates tn d ally issue
OF q newspaper for publication Of notices Of q
mining application for patent Ii IL not q COM
plisnce with law TO change to the weekly edi.
ton OF tue same paper without authority of
the Register.
The existence Of o salt spring on q tract of
land withdrsws II from the operation of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the agricultural
character OF such land Ia not allowed. Land
containing valuable deposits of slate may be
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must Ale q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
IL is alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim, once nled
cannot be withdrawn, bot become 60 Q part of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been nled n can.
not be amended 80 as 10 embrace a larger per-
ton OF the premises than thst described in the
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out in
proper form and hied in the proper local of CO
during the period of publication Of the appli-
cation for the patent TO be effective.
1t is the duty Of the adverse claimant o
suit In proper form within the re-
CURED time, and If he trusts the uncertain
medium Of the Uuited States mail he must
abide the consequences, should the delay
ensue, through missor iune or accident. Should
the failure to ommen suit be the result of
the interier Department cannot redress the
wrong.
An adverse claimant should sci forth In de.
tail the facts upon which he bases his adverse
claim. A statement in general terms, embo6y-
ing conclusions Of law, without stating the
facts specially, will not be considered IN evil
dence.
An adverse cIaiman, should show a compli.
ance with the local lave in recording his claim
and In regard to expenditures. and shall nle a
copy Of the original notice Of his location, and
show the nature or extent of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to 8 suit that they
compose the company is SUFFICIENT. and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original i~oestors or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL Oh MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little. If any value, for agri.
cultural purposes, but 10 essential to the
proper development Of mining claims, IL
should be disposed Of under the Mining Act,
Where lands containing valuable mineral
deposits have been Included In an agricultural |
entry, said entry will be cancelled Is any time |
prior to issuance of patent, upon satisfactory
evidence of the existence Of such valuable de-
posits.
Where valuable deposits of mineral are dis.
covered upon q tract sitter the same ,as been |
entered as agricultural, but before ! sent has
been Issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent TOR same.
and the agricultural entry will be cancelled te
that portion OF the land embraced by said
mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered on
agricultural lands after the patent has been
Issued 20 an Agricultural claimant. they pass
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make a mining location
dispose OF II. provided he becomes q citizen
before disposing OF the mine. Proof that the
party was not q citizen before disposlng of his
claim must be afirmstiveiy shown.
Locato,s ana intermediate owners, other
than applicants. will not be presumed aliens,
In the absence Of allegation or objection prior
TO issuance of patent.
The portion Of a mining claim sold to an
alien cannos be patented while such owner ia
an alien; bus On his deelsrstiout o become q
citizen his right dates back TO his purchase,
5ud he may thereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
GROSS LEDeEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1850:
Where TWO or more lodges cross or intersect
each other, priority OF title shall govern, and
sucn prior location shall be entitled 10 ell ore
section, but the subsequent location snail have
the right OF way through the space Of inter-
section Tor the purpose Of the convenient
working OF the mine. And where two or more
veins unite the Oldest or prior location shall
take the vein below the point OF union, In
Guiding all the space Of intersection.
There is no authority of law for q tunnel
location 5000 by 1900 feet. A proper location
IL the width OF the tunnel for 5000 feet.
There is no provision Of law for patenting
tunnel locations, but lodes discovered in run
ning a tunnel may be patented in like manner
as other lodes.
The right is granted to tunnel owners to
l,oOO feet OF each blind lode, not previously
known 10 exist, which may be discovered Ia
their tunne
when a lode is struck or discovered for the
nrst time In running q tunnel the tunnel
owners have the option of recording their
claim OF 500 feet all on one side OF the point
OF discovery or intersection. or partly on one
side thereof and partly on the other.
Prospecting for blind lodes Is prohibited
the line Of q located tunpal while the tunnel
IL in progsess, but other parties are In no way
fron prospecting for blind lodes or
running sanneis' 80 long a. they keep without
the line of anch animal 0tkkk